On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:32 PM, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote:

>  When the next bomber
> has it up his rectum will it be okay for randomly pull people aside
> for rectal exams?
>

I know this example is meant to make people feel uncomfortable in an attempt
to support your point, but think about this for a minute.

If a plane blew up because of X, wouldn't you want to make sure that the TSA
is making sure that nobody boarding the plane is able to do X?

If I give you the choice between boarding a plane where everybody has been
searched for X and another plane where nobody has, which plane will you
board?

The "rectal" thing is just an unconvincing red herring. Of course we don't
want to go that far, we will have to find a better way to make sure that
this won't happen again, but fundamentally, I really don't find anything
wrong with the idea that once a certain method of blowing up a plane has
been discovered, the TSA should make sure this method can't be used ever
again.

It's really silly to argue against this, really.

-- 
Cédric

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